On fragmenting the video into several keyframes using InVid, a Google Chrome extension, and then conducting a reverse search using Yandex, we came across the same video that was uploaded on YouTube in May 2019.

Taking a cue from here, we did a keyword search and came across an article on a website called ‘Vivacoid’, which suggested that the video was from Indonesia.

Tthe video on the website was the same as the viral video. From here, we were directed to another page, ‘Liputan6.com’, which was published on 17 May 2019.

This article carried the same video and suggested that the video was from Jakarta.

Screenshot of the article.

The Quint has not been able to independently verify the video, but it is evident that it is older than India’s lockdown, and so clearly doesn’t show a prank in Goa to scare people to keep them inside their homes.

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